# Elasticsearch backup not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-not-working/150403>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 29, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-not-working/150403 "2018-09-29T02:35:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![aliyesami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@aliyesami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aliyesami)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-not-working/150403/1 "2018-09-29T02:35:10Z")

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i am making a backup on the nfs share and it does create the directory on each share and I get an acknowledge but all the directories are empty .  
The "ash" index is open and has 166,000 + records

> $curl -XPUT 'hadoop1:9200/\_snapshot/ash\_bck' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{  
> "type":"fs",  
> "indices":"ash",  
> "ignore\_unavailable":"true",  
> "include\_global\_state":"false",  
> "settings":{  
> "location":"ash",  
> "compress":"true"  
> }  
> }'  
> {"acknowledged":true}

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-not-working/150403/2 "2018-09-29T06:41:32Z")

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You just created the repository here. You did not Snapshot anything yet.

See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#\_snapshot](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#_snapshot)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-not-working/150403/3 "2018-10-27T06:41:40Z")

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